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Fed prepares to step into brave new world

The Fed has already announced that it will be making some major changes to its monetary policy framework at the two-day FOMC meeting that concludes next Wednesday (25th January). Those changes will include starting to publish forecasts for short-term interest rates in the accompanying Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) and adopting a more explicit target for inflation and possibly even the unemployment rate as well.

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